Confronting satan

James 4:7, therefore, submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Many people are so afraid of satan that they are almost afraid to do anything. Don’t get me wrong he is not to be taken lightly, but he can be dealt with in Jesus’ name. At this point I’d like to make some things clear in your mind. Several well-respected teachers share these thoughts. It is a fact that satan will try every trick he knows to get you to do what you know is wrong. Rebuking him or casting him out would get him to leave but you must know what the Bible says about that. One of the most powerful weapons we have is quoting scripture.

One of the things satan likes to do is put sinful thoughts in your mind. There are many times he actually put bad thoughts, in someone’s mind while they were praying. Then he has the nerve to tell that person that they are a sinner and God will punish them.

 As far as thoughts in your mind that are passing through, everyone has them. You are not guilty of a passing thought unless you act on that thought. You cannot stop anything from popping into your head at any time, just say to satan it’s not your thoughts it’s his. If you are a believer most or even all of these thoughts at times are not sins. satan can only do to you what you allow him to do. God has given you weapons to defeat satan every time. Jesus’ name and the armor of God will defeat the most powerful demons in hell

Matthew 4:10, Jesus said to him, away with you satan! For it is written you shall Worship the Lord your God and him Only You Shall Serve.

The Lord Jesus said that to satan and that was the end of satan’s attempt at that time. At any time we can remind satan of that little thing by quoting that scripture.

You cannot defeat satan on your own. Many people try to chase satan every couple of minutes by running around in a panic. Remember that standing on the word of God is the only way to get satan out of the situation you find yourself in. Think of it this way when you see a parent constantly screaming at their child, the child ignores what they say, and will do it again and again just to get attention. The best thing to do is just ignore him. Picture satan as that child.

If you do not recognize satan’s presence, you really hurt his pride. His problem stems from his oversized ego and believing he is like God. It probably makes him nuts when he is ignored. He has no control over someone that doesn’t pay any attention to him. If you are being attacked you’ve got to concentrate on the word of God and he has absolutely no power over you

Remember this simple fact. Most of the things you beat yourself up for, are things satan condemns you for. He is trying to deceive you into thinking it’s a sin. Just remember the mighty name of Jesus and His presence in your heart along with the Holy Spirit is the answer to everything whether it’s satan or any other problems. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross to make my salvation possible. By your stripes I was healed, and your blood washed away all my sins. I Repent of all my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. Amen!

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Access To God

Ephesians 2:13, now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Many people will find fault with that verse and find it hard to believe. Other people will be comforted because they already know. The fact is we all have access to God.

God loves everyone and wants each and every person to spend eternity with Him. We are His children, so He is everyone’s God, and He makes it pretty plain that is how it is. It is all in His word. Even if we aren’t saved yet, because He loves us so much all we have to do is call on Him and believe in what Jesus accomplished on the cross, accept Jesus as our personal savior and repent of our sins.

Ephesians 3:12, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

The really big thing we must always remember about God, is that His love for us is unconditional. His Kind of Love is as far from Human love as East is from West. He never turned anyone away no matter what they have done, if they come to Him with a sincere heart.

We must all understand that He is our Father as well as our creator. We can go to Him as easily as you can imagine. When we were born again, He came to live in our hearts. He is as far from you as your heart. You can speak to God as you would your closest friend.

What the Lord wants from you and me is our love and faith in Him and that we love others. He knows we’ll sin again, no matter how hard we try not to. If we go to Him and acknowledge our sins, we will find that they are already forgiven because of what Jesus did on the cross. His blood washed away all our sins.

Trying to describe God’s love for us doesn’t work. Our words won’t do it. I believe we won’t really know the fullness of His love until we join Him in Heaven. If you want the best possible life on Earth, and Eternity with Him, we must be saved. Say the Prayer of Salvation out loud with a sincere heart. Then you will be a joint Heir with Jesus, and have the most loving father ever.

One thing I must remind you at this point. We cannot look at God and what the Bible says, with natural eyes. We must see  spiritually with our hearts, and He will show it to you if you ask. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer Of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you died on the cross and rose again to make my salvation possible. By your stripes I was healed, and your blood washed away all my sins. I Repent of all my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. Amen!

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Compassion

Romans 12:15, Rejoice with those who Rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Galatians 6:2, bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Hebrew and Greek words for compassion define it as, have pity on, to deal gently with sympathy. How does Jesus feel about it? The Bible has a good deal to say about the subject.

We see people every day that to the carnal mind do not measure up to our standards. We need to start looking at people with spiritual eyes in this day and age and not carnal eyes. It is very easy to judge people. Anytime you drive you will find someone who’s not courteous, or he looks for change when he stops in a toll booth. The list goes on, healthy looking young people park in handicap spots. People leave grocery carts blocking parking spaces

We can name dozens of irritants we run into every day. The fact is they are irritants, not a matter of life and death. Unfortunately, you encounter this kind of stuff all the time.

The average person starts to judge and condemn everyone. The Bible says we are to have compassion. We don’t know what is behind anything that people do. As a matter of fact, it isn’t our business anyway. We didn’t create these people, so we cannot judge them. They may be ignorant, or maybe just don’t care, or maybe they’re troubled in some way. Just bless them and move on.

Proverbs 19:17, he who has pity on the poor lends to Lord, and He will pay back what he has given.

About a half a dozen times in my life I’ve been approached by people in parking lots of stores, and a couple of times at gas stations. They all had stories and needed money. I didn’t know if their stories were legitimate or not, so I helped each of them, whether they needed five or 20. I was led by the spirit to do this. After they left, I thought that if they were legitimate or not was between them and God. Do it for him.

You never know who really needs help. A good percentage of people are not working and aren’t able to help for one reason or another. We don’t know, and even if we did, let The Holy Spirit be your guide.

Some people are led by the devil and don’t even know it. A lot of them were brought up that way and don’t know how to be different. I believe if you helped 10 people and only one is in need, it’s better than denying all 10. You are following the Lord’s way, and He will reward you.

In any case bless them all with a clean heart and you are blessing yourself. Just remember the Lord has compassion on all of us, so we should have compassion on others. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you and Praise you for what you did on the cross for me. By your stripes I was healed, your blood washed away all my sins, and my salvation was made possible. I Repent of all my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. 

Amen!

Praise The Lord!

The Providence Of God

 

Proverbs 16:9, A mans heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

Some people have the opinion that God has too much control of everything in our lives. People that feel that way are usually not believers, so they really don’t know any better. The rest probably didn’t take the time to find out what they are missing.

 I know I did things my way for quite a few years. I was too ignorant at that time to see what was really happening. I thought I did well under the circumstances, but I guess I didn’t realize how good things could be. Looking back at all the costly mistakes and unhappiness, I wonder why it took me so long to catch on.

The first thing you must know is that God can change circumstances, we can’t. God works in the spiritual world where all the power is. When you make the Lord your source, you also get the Holy Spirit who is the power source.

If you are saved, what I will describe will work for you, or some variation of it that God and you figure out. You may get in the way occasionally, but you soon realize that if you don’t get out of the way and let God do it, it won’t happen. So don’t be discouraged if you miss a little occasionally. Just look at the Lord and pull yourself up and start all over again.

God is the planner, the Holy Spirit is guide and teacher, and we are the tool in the natural world. God arranges people, places, things, and timing. When all is ready, He will let you know, then you and the Holy Spirit can start the next phase. Have patience and trust in the Lord.

Another benefit of doing all this is, your faith and trust in God will grow, and so will your blessing’s. It will become much easier to pray for something and see God working in your life. I don’t want to leave you with the impression that if you follow this there will not be problems, because there will be. Problems and tests are a way of life but remember whose team you are on. Read the word and you will see, we win!

Proverbs 16:3, commit your Works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established.

The thing you always must keep in mind is that God’s provision is Limitless and He is waiting to bless you with more than you can imagine. In time if you work at it, you will realize it’s not that difficult. Believing in the Lord and trusting in Him with everything in your life will become as natural as breathing. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you suffered and died on the cross to make my salvation possible. By your stripes I was healed and your blood washed away all my sins. I Repent of all of my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. Thank you My Lord Jesus for coming into my life. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Last Chance

2 Peter 3:3-4, Knowing this first; that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the father fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.

It is a fact that people have scoffed at what the Bible says before it was ever written. They do not want to accept the fact that they will be accountable for their actions.

Matthew 24:42, Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

Matthew 24:44, Therefore you also be ready for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Mark 13:32-33, but of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when the time is.

When you consider what these verses are saying, you start to see that every minute we live could be the minute that begins our eternity. Don’t forget that at the moment the Lord Jesus Christ comes, it is too late to repent.

You may be wondering if we will have any warning of the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Fortunately, there are signs.

2 Timothy 3:1-5, But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, on brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

There is no specific date of His coming, the Bible tells us the season. The Book of Revelation tells the entire story. No one can afford to ignore the word of almighty God, because He is not like people. He will not tolerate any kind of sin, even the smallest sin in our eyes.

Almighty God even tells us what He consider sin. The Holy Spirit will help and guide us in the way we should go. Everything we need to know is in the Bible.

God does not send anyone to hell as most people think. The fact is, if we end up in Hell, it’s because we chose it by our actions. Believe what the Bible says. One last thing. Call on the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Repent, and you will be saved. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you suffered and died on the cross and rose again from the dead. I believe that by your stripes I was healed, and by your blood my sins were washed away. I Repent of my sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I thank you and Praise you, Lord Jesus. Amen!

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

Spiritual Eyes

1 Corinthians 6:19, Do you not know that your body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

As human beings, we function in a dysfunctional world. We tend to go along with the crowd. Many people only believe what they can see with their own two eyes. The funny part about this idea of seeing with your own two eyes is you can see, but many cannot discern what is really happening.

Many people do not believe in the Bible. One of the biggest reasons is they don’t believe in God. Those who claim to believe in God tend to be skeptical of what the word says. Unfortunately, people nitpick everything that they do read and compare it to what our Lord can do.

The first thing we have to realize is that if a person is saved, they received the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was sent by God our Father to be a helper to us, to guide us, in the ways of the Lord.

If we ask the Holy Spirit to help us understand the written word of God, He will do it. At this point we must believe that the word of God is true. The Holy Spirit even helps us with that.

Acts 1:8, but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, unto the end of the Earth.

If we are to be witnesses, we must believe what we are talking about. The first thing we must do, is to put aside the normal beliefs people have, about the Bible. We must believe that every word in the Bible is the written word of God and is therefore true.

If we constantly rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit, He will show us the truth of that last statement. And we will also find out that we have power through the Holy Spirit to pray to Our Father God with extremely powerful prayers.

Romans 8:26, Likewise the Spirit also helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

If we ask the Holy Spirit to help us read the Bible, He will gradually show us what seems impossible to other people. God is Almighty, and all powerful. and the creator of the universe. When you look at the world around you, your spiritual eyes, which comes from the Holy Spirit will convince you that the world you see is a creation from the Lord God.

Hundreds of prophecies have been fulfilled and not one has not come true. It stands to reason that the prophecies that are left in the Bible including ones we read in the Book of Revelation, will also come true.

Believe it or not, as you read the Bible, the Holy Spirit will paint a picture in your mind and your heart of what the Bible is telling you. What you would experience then, seeing with spiritual eyes and not human eyes. God bless you and your family.  Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you died on the cross and rose again. By your stripes I was healed, your blood washed away all my sins. I Repent of all my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I receive my salvation because of what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross. Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Never Lost

Hebrews 13:5, let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you.

The message today is based on a real-life example of something the Lord Jesus said. A few days ago, my wife and I were leaving Canada after a short visit with our son. We were leaving Sue Saint Marie Ontario at 6 a.m, On a very dark rainy day.  

I turned on the GPS but it didn’t work. We drove to a gas station and tried again; it still didn’t work. We knew the International Bridge was somewhere around the area, so we explored the area trusting in the Lord.

As we drove around, we saw a sign pointing to the Border. In all there were five different signs that led us to the bridge back to the USA and home.

Philippians 4: 6-7, be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with Thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and Minds through Christ Jesus.

The GPS started working. When we were about 10 miles into the U.S, the GPS gave us a message to exit. It was wrong. Rainy, dark, and an unfamiliar location gave us the idea that we might be lost.

I just started to drive in the direction of Home, and I ignored the GPS continual instructions. After a while GPS decided, we were going the right way.

Through most of the trip GPS tried to lead us in the wrong direction. It recalculated its little heart out, so I just shut it off. While all of this was going on, we continued to talk to the Lord

After we got home, my wife and I talked about the trip home and a number of things came to us that we didn’t think of at the time, but we knew.

The Lord Jesus Christ Our Savior is never lost. Since He is in us and never lost, common sense would tell you that we aren’t lost either. He shows us the way no matter what is bothering us.

This story is much longer, but I think you get the idea. Through all of this we asked the Lord for help and things just happened for our good.

When you go through life, there are many things you cannot count on. Money, position, and anything else you can name. The reason I am sure all of these distractions were from satan is, he cannot stand when we trust in the Lord and he never stops trying to get us to change our minds. Its no secret my friends that GPS, and any other man-made contrivance if flawed. 

 GPS is supposed to navigate you to a specific destination. The Bible leads you to your ultimate destination, helping you to avoid or overcome things that will keep you from finishing your journey.

The moral of the story is at least to us, is you will not get thrown off course if you follow our creators’ instructions, the Bible. satan can only put thoughts in your head to make you afraid or to worry, but the truth is you don’t have to accept what he’s telling you. Ask yourself why it is so easy to listen to satan, and not to the Lord God Almighty. I think that’s a question we should all ask ourselves. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you died on the cross and rose again for me. By your stripes I was healed, and your blood washed away all my sins. I Repent of my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I thank you I Praise you and I love you for making it possible for my salvation. Amen!

Praise The Lord!